POLICE RAID: Amount Of Force ‘Mind Boggling’

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The lawyer of a family at the center of a national story responded to claims made by the Ankeny police chief Wednesday.

The family’s house was raided by Ankeny police. Surveillance video shows officers using a battering ram to force their way into the home to search for suspects accused of using stolen credit cards to buy clothes and electronics.

A camera installed outside the home was ripped out by one of the officers and another inside the home was covered up during the execution of the search warrant.

“I take great issue with the Ankeny police chief who says they knocked, announced and no one came to the door. The video discredits that totally. There was a technical knock when they battered down the door,” attorney Peter Berger said.